Day 24 in the 30 day challenge of writing every day. There is a hiccup coming up, but that does not diminish yesterday as a work on all the rock climbing projects day. The key to climbing here is holding yourself into steep rock with small slopers. There is no shortage of holds for hands and feet, but for long crux sections the hand holds are slopers and the rock is steep. It is necessary to generate a lot of body tension for a long (relatively) period of time. Rock climbing is such an engaging sport because no sooner have you mastered one climb than another comes along demanding a new and different repertoire of physical and mental strength and power.
I did not take any pictures, as I was either belaying or climbing so I have plugged in a picture from an area called Tieton in the northwestern USA. It is not the easiest picture to make out but you can see my friend, who always had great body tension and was bullish strong, climbing a steep, overhanging wall. We were climbing in the area for about a week and I struggled every day. It was exhausting, mentally and physically.
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